Happening Saturday, March 30th at 2pm at WonderCon in Ahaheim! SATURDAY 2:00-3:00pm Women Rocking Hollywood 2024: Female Filmmakers Breaking Barriers & Breaking Records Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was the top grossing film of 2023 and is now the highest grossing comedy of all time. Barbie and 2023 releases like Polite Society, Joy Ride, Saltburn, and Past …
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It’s mixed news about female representation behind the scenes in Hollywood. Recent findings show gender balanced hiring is still not a priority in the industry, with women of color having the hardest time getting hired, despite critical acclaim. However, studies have also shown female filmmakers hire more women in key roles on feature films, so …
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On Saturday, July 21st, 2022, a powerful collection of female filmmakers got together to discuss their careers, latest projects, and experience in the film industry to an excited crowd of con-goers and supporters of parity in the entertainment industry. You can see it here: “Each one Teach One” is an expression women in film know …
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Announcing our 2021 Women Rocking Hollywood panel, going live during Comic-Con@Home on the weekend of July 24th! We will announce the time and date as soon as SDCC has made the official announcement. Hi! Leslie Combemale here, creator of WRH and senior contributor for the AWFJ. First let me say I really miss seeing the …
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https://youtu.be/z339dPV2_ag 2020 was meant to be a banner year for women in film. This January, the press out of Sundance offered glowing reviews and suggested a promising future for genre, mainstream, and indie movies helmed by women. Then the pandemic swept the world. It has halted production, is actively changing the future for all film …
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There have been positive developments in the last year for women in television and film. Initiatives like the 4% challenge are making news, movies and tv identified as gender-balanced are getting ReFrame stamps, and companies like OWN, Annapurna, Netflix, & Sundance continue to expand opportunities for intersectional women, supporting great content in the process. Changes …
Read MoreSo proud to have posted this review of documentary The Queen on the anniversary of Stonewall. It is absolutely required viewing for those interested in both queer history and film history. See the trailer here: “Before queer was cool, or even fully legal, first-time director Frank Simon created The Queen, a 1968 groundbreaking documentary chronicling one …
Read MoreEven as an adult, there is never a good time to lose a parent. More challenging is losing a mother unexpectedly on the heels of a falling out. This experience is the basis for the new film Mouthpiece, which is based on a Canadian two-woman show of the same name, starring the two actresses, Amy …
Read MoreMore a strongly femme Broadcast News and less The Devil Wears Prada, new comedy Late Night offers a look at the challenges of working on a comedy talk show while female, and to hilarious effect. Written by Mindy Kaling, directed by Nisha Ganatra, and starring Kaling and Patron Saint of Smart Women in Film Emma …
Read MoreOlivia Wilde is proving to be the blueprint for successfully segueing from acting into directing with the buzzy new coming-of-age comedy Booksmart, releasing wide this weekend through patron saint indie studio to female filmmakers, Annapurna. If any film should bring the indie studio solidly into the black, this hilarious, heartfelt celebration of feminist teenage badassery …
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